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Know Thyself: Ten Reflections by Saint Teresa of Avila on Spiritual Life – J. E. Foyer, Saint Peter's List

Why Not Beautiful Churches? Updated – Elizabeth Scalia, Patheos/The Anchoress

U.K. Deputy Minister: Catholic Church Should be Forced to Have Gay Weddings by John Bingham of London's Daily Telegraph newspaper - Big Pulpit

The Right Stuff: The First Thing Single Catholic Girls Need To Know – Katie Rose, St. Joseph’s Vanguard

Advent for Sacred Music – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Five Steps to Better Mental Health, According to Saint Paul – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

New Catholic Homeschooling Radio Show – Joseph Pearce, Saint Austin Review/Ink Desk

Should I Pay My Spiritual Director? A Lay Spiritual Director Responds? – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Chastity: The Seventh Lively Virtue – Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine

Miracles Jesus Could Not Do – Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Integrated Catholic Life™

A World Class Spiritual Vacation: A Catholic Disneyland! – Ben, Two Catholic Men and a Blog

Ten Bible Verses Almost Nobody Notices – Micah Murphy, Truth & Charity

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